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ROCK - JAZZ - ELECTRONIC - INSTRUMENTAL
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ROCK - INSTRUMENTAL
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Rhythm Cargo is my third album, and my first to feature guitar on every song. It was released in 2008, and carries over some of the jazz & electronica elements of my previous album, Royal Nights, but also adds a new element of guitar rock, making this probably my most diversified album.
My previous two albums were mainly recorded on my keyboard sequencer, then transfered over to my digital recorder/mixer, but this album was my first to mainly be done on the recorder. Breakz & Easy were both finished on the keyboard right after Royal Nights, but I went back to them and added the guitars while recording for Rhythm Cargo. Electric Gia was a take off of my previous song, Gia, from my earlier classical album, Madrona, and was way beyond my skill at the time, but this was an ambitious album, and not the only time I took a risk on it. Tunevent was a song I had started a year earlier on, but couldn't finish; not until a new guitar & amp - that was what I needed, (along with the decision to add keyboard to it), to get it done, and I still think it is one of my best songs. Other than that, all the songs were new, and were whatever genre they ended up being, with nothing off limits.
This album mainly happened this way because of two of my most important purchases; that new guitar & amp I mentioned. I already had a couple of good guitars (later turned great), and a high-end amp (later turned crap), but these two new ones fit me perfectly, and they are still the basis for my recordings today.
Rhythm Cargo was never manufactured on CD when it came out, though I did make some CD-R's of the album. I just kept recording after the album was created, and soon after I had a new album done, Organic Rock, which I thought at the time was an improvement in every way. A few radio stations showed no interest in some of the Rhythm Cargo songs at the time, so I thought I'd move on & focus on Organic Rock, but I was too quick to move on from that album, though, as it has some great songs on it, (which is the point of an album), and 7 years later, it's my most popular. Even radio had changed its mind.
Disc 1
(All 13 samples together as one song file - 17mb / 12min 14sec)
Disc 2
(Single Versions)
1- Thundercover (Single Version |
2- OK (Single Version |
3- Rock Holiday (Single Version |
4- CC Pop (Single Version |
5- Emerald City (Single Version 1 |
6- Sunset (Single Version |
7- Electric Gia (Single Version |
8- Tunevent (Split 1 ((Single Version |
9- Tunevent (Split 2 ((Single Version |
10- Breakz (Single Version |
11- Easy (Single Version |
12- Time Bomb (Single Version |
13- Mind Kicker (Single Version |
14- Space Hum (Single Version |
15- 666 (Single Version |
16- Tunevent (Album Version Unsplit |
17- Emerald City (Single Version 2 |
18- Tunevent (Single Version Unsplit |
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Album Description
Instrumental Rock, Jazz & Electronica.
This album, by music artist Jesse J. Smith, contains a wide assortment of songs, and is his most diverse release. Guitars & keyboards play an equal role, and tracks are just about evenly split between guitar-rock, jazz, and keyboard-electronica, with no compression or EQ changes (so EQ your stereo to flat when possible).
The second disc, set to the same track order but with shorter song lengths, changes the dynamics of the original album, creating an alternative version to the original that can be played as is, or used to mix your own version of the album.
Album Details:
31 Songs / 33 Tracks
108 minutes total
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN DIGITAL FORMAT ONLY
CD PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE
Performed, Written & Recorded By:
Jesse J. Smith
Recording Details:
This album was recorded with an old, high-end, digital mixer/recorder; with Electric Guitars, Electric Bass, Tube Amps, a Keyboard, Wah, Cymbals, Cow Bells, Microphones, Xylophone, Delay, Chorus & Reverb. These songs were recorded primarily between February & April 2008.
Jesse J. Smith is an entirely self-taught music artist of rock, jazz, electronica, classical music and more.
He freely mixes instruments & styles together to create unique new instrumental music.
He does it all himself - He learned on his own every aspect of the process, from playing the instruments to making the album; including the artwork.
Each album is a unique expression of one individual.
All songs are a detailed sonic experience, and created for the full attention of the listening audience.
Songs are not mastered to be mainstream, nor compressed for increased volume.
His music audience is just as diverse as his music, as his music is just as popular overseas as it is in America.
He has released four albums that range in rock, jazz, electronica & classical, which can be purchased direct from the Purchase page on this site.
Also on that page are official links to other sites where Jesse's music can be streamed & purchased digitally.
Thanks for visiting, and enjoy discovering the music. - Jesse
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